Red and Blue Nation? : Characteristics and Causes of America's Polarized Politics.

Analysts and pundits increasingly perceive a widening gulf between ''red states'' and ''blue states.'' Yet the research to support that perception is scattered and sometimes difficult to parse. America's polarized politics, it is said, poses fundamental d...

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Main Author: Nivola, Pietro S.
Other Authors: Brady, David W.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington : Brookings Institution Press, 2007
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505 0 |a Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1. Delineating the Problem; 2. Disconnected: The Political Class versus the People; Comments on Chapter Two: Disconnected, of Joined at the Hip?; 3. Polarization Then and Now: A Historical Perspective; Comments on Chapter Three: Polarization Runs Deep, Even by Yesterday's Standards; 4. Polarized by God? American Politics and the Religious Divide; Comments on Chapter Four: Myths and Realities of Religion in Politics; 5. How the Mass Media Divide Us; Comments on Chapter Five: Two Alternative Perspectives. 
505 8 |a 6. Polarizing the House of Representatives: How Much Does Gerrymandering Matter?Comments on Chapter Six: Why Other Sources of Polarization Matter More; Contributors; Index. 
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